Bumper



Filed Jaz/L 3l, 11325 Patented Nov. 5, i923.

STES

Application filed January El, 1923. Serial no. $15,997.

To all iff/icm vif muy concern:

Be it known that I, Ciinis'rmn Gini., a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Kalamazoo. in the county of Kalamazoo and State ot lilichigan. have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bumpers, of which the following is a 1full, clear, and exact description, reference beinzgn had to the accompanying drawings.

This 'invention relates to automobile bumpers, and more particularly to bumpers of the multiple-bar construction, as typitied in the patent. to Allan L. McGregor, No. 1,372,15et, iued March 22, 1921. l

It is the general purpose and object ot the invention to provide a new, improved. and simplified connection between the ends of the bars or bolts constituting the bumper. accomplish the oregoingobject in and through the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the drawings herein, wherein Fig. 1 representsa plan View of buinpe` constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the same connected to the supporting arms by which the bumper inv turn is connected -to the side members of a vehicle; Fig. 2 an elevation of the bumper shown in the preceding view; and Fig. 3 .a detail in elevation o'l the plate employed :tor connecting the ends of the bumper bars or plates, the

plate being` shown in its' extended or uiibent shape.

Describing' the variouspa-rts herein by reierence characters and assuming {for convenience of description) that the bumper is to be applied to the front end of anA auto mobile, l denotes a. pair ot supporting arms of any suit-able character for connecting a bumper to the side members of the vehicle, and 2 represents clamps which are pivotally connected tothe front-ends of the members 1, as indicated at 3, the clamps being adjustably mounted upon the end port-ions 4c of the intermediate rear bar. of the bumper. This rear bar may be of any shape, the one shown herein having a iJ-shaped intermediate portion 45"', the center 4b of such V extending between the upper and lower bars 5 which constitute the iti-ont or impact section of the bumper. nected at their central portions by means of plates 6 and rivets or bolts 7.

The front bars or, plates 5 and the end portions 4 of the rear oar or plate are substantially parallel, with their ends nearly in The 'front and rear bars are conttl .fore-and-a'ft alignmentv For the` purpose a. of connecting the extreme ends, I employ plates suoli as shown in developedor eX- tended tornol `in Fig. 3', each of the said plates being generally T-shaped and comi prising a central. bodyor stein 8 and a' widened or forked end. the forks'being indi! I vcate-d at Si. rlfhe' plate is bent into U-sliape as will be. seen in Figs. land 2, and t 7 e forks 9 are connected, as by rivets or bolts 10, to the ends of the bars or plates 5, While the stem or body, port-ion 8 is connected by bolts or rivets 1l. to the adjacent end 4 of the rear bar. Two such plates 8, 9.are emlia-ving thus described my invention,

what l claim is:

i. bumper comprising a pairA of verticatly spaced bars-and an auxiliary bar 'having itsends spaced rearwardly from the.

ends of the first-mentioned bars, and a toi-lied plate bent into looped form and having its forks connected with the ends of the4 'first-mentioned bars and, its .intermediate portion or stem connected with the adjacent end of the other bar.

2. A bumper comprisingvan impact section having vertically spaced ends and an auxiliary .section having an end spaced.

rearwardly from t-lie ends of the'ampact section, and a 'forked plate bent into looped form and having its forks connected with the ends of the impact section and its intermediate portion or stem connected with, i

the end of the auxiliary section.

3. An automobile bumper comprising a ioo front or impact section anda rear or auxiliary section, the ends of the said sections being spaced apart, and. a substantially U- shapedplate connecting the ends of said sections and forming therewith a loop.

4. An automobile bumper comprising a,

pair ot vertically spaced impact bars andf an auxiliary ber, an -end of the' auxiliary 110 bar being spaced rearwardly from the corresponding ends of the first-mentioned bars, and a looped plate secured at one end to the 70- ployed, one at each end of the bumper strucauxiliary bar and at its opposite end to the ends of the impact bars.

5. An automobile bumper' comprising an impact section having vertically spaced ends and an auxiliary bar, an end of the anxiliary bar beingispaeed rearwardly from the corresponding ends of the impact section, and a looped plate secured at one end to the auxiliary bar and at its opposite end to the ends of the impact section.

6. An automobile bumper comprising a pail` of impact bars having` their ends spaced and in Substantially vertical alignment, an auxiliary bar having its ends spaced rearwardly Jr'roni the corresponding ends of the impact bars and located intermediate of auch bars, and platesy connecting the ends of the impact and auxiliary hars, each hcimr lient into looped form and havingone ein connected to an end of the auxiliary bar and having its opposite. end forked and connected with the corresponding ends of the impact bars.

T. An automobile bumper comprising a front or impact bar and a rear orlauxiliary bar, the end of one bar being spaced from the corresponding end of the other liar, and a looped plate connecting such ends.

ln testimony whereof, l hereunto affix my signature.

CHRISTAN GIRL; 

